Kaabil is the first Indian film to be shown in Pakistani cinemas after the Uri attack in Kashmir.

Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) had imposed a ban on Pakistani artists for working in Indian films, in the aftermath of the attack, till bilateral ties turn to normal.

Cinema owners in Pakistan, in response, refused to screen Indian pictures in movie houses.

Pakistan and India are at loggerheads since Indian government, without any evidence, blamed Pakistan for the attack on its military base in Uri sector in Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 17 Indian soldiers.